And who will be there for me tomorrow?

from al fawaid

– ‘Abdullah bin al-Mubarak said:

Take advantage of two rak’at to bring you closer to Allah, if you happen to be relaxing;
And if you intend to speak a vain word, Replace it with a tasbih…

– Abu Bakr bin Abi ad-Dunya said:

“A group of people invited a man for some food. So, he said: “I am fasting.”
They said: “Break your fast today, and fast tomorrow.”
He said: “And who will be there for me tomorrow (on the Day of Judgment)?


– Abu Muhammad Mansur bin Muhammad bin ‘Abdullah al-Azdi chanted to himself:

Do not belittle an hour that can help you in which you extend your hand in obedience;
As the living will die, and hopes are a deception and the affair passes by hour by hour…


– Abu ‘Abdillah Ahmad bin Ayyub chanted to himself:

In you have free time, take advantage of the virtue of bowing in prayer…


– Abu al-Walid Sulayman bin Khalaf bin Sa’d al-Andalusi chanted to himself:

If I knew for certain that my entire life would last an hour;
Why would I be cheap with it and not dedicate it to righteousness and obedience?


# From: al-Khatib al-Baghdadi’s ‘Iqtida’ al-’Ilm al-’Amal’ (p. 43-47)